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NATIONAL LEAGUE D6

S EAST Atlanta

W L PCT GB L10 STR 50 35 .588 — 6-4 W-2

New York 47 38 .553 3 4-6 L-1 Philadelphia 43 40 .518 6 3-7 L-2 xFlorida 39 44 .470 10 4-6 L-1 Washington 38 47 .447 12 5-5 W-2

CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR

xCincinnati 49 37 .570 — 7-3 W-1 xSt. Louis 45 38 .542 2A 5-5 L-1 xChicago 37 47 .440 11 5-5 W-2 xMilwaukee 37 47 .440 11 4-6 L-3 xHouston 33 51 .393 15 4-6 W-1 xPittsburgh 30 53 .361 17A 5-5 L-1

TODAY’S NL GAMES

PADRES AT NATIONALS, 7:05 W-L ERA TEAM

Latos (R) 9-4 2.62 11-5

Atilano (R) 6-5 4.72 6-8 PIRATES AT ASTROS, 2:05 Ohlendorf (R) 1-6 4.39 3-9 Oswalt (R) 5-10 3.32 6-11 GIANTS AT BREWERS, 2:10 Zito (L)

Parra (L) REDS 3, METS 1

Bronson Arroyo outpitched Jonathon Niese, and Cincin- nati used two long balls and a few fine plays in the field to beat New York.

Chris Heisey hit a tiebreak-

7-4 3.75 10-7 3-5 4.45 4-4

CARDINALS AT ROCKIES, 3:10 Carpenter (R) 9-2 3.16 13-5 Jimenez (R) 14-1 2.27 15-2 REDS AT PHILLIES, 7:05 Cueto (R)

8-2 3.56 11-6

Kendrick (R) 5-3 4.70 9-7 MARLINS AT DIAMONDBACKS, 9:40 Sanchez (R) 7-5 3.35 8-8 Lopez (R)

4-7 4.43 7-10

CUBS AT DODGERS, 10:10 Wells (R)

4-6 4.67 8-9 Kershaw (L) 8-4 3.02 11-6 NL SCORES

at Nationals 7 Padres

6 Braves at Mets 7

at Phillies 5 Reds

3 1

Pirates Late at Astros Game

Giants Late at Brewers Gm

Cardinals Late at Rockies Gm

Cubs Late at D-backs Gm

Marlins Late at Dodgers Gm

TODAY’S AL GAMES

ORIOLES AT RANGERS, 8:05 W-L ERA TEAM

Guthrie (R) 3-10 4.64 4-13 Hunter (R) 5-0 1.98 6-0

ANGELS AT WHITE SOX, 2:05 Santana (R) 8-6 3.95 10-7 Danks (L)

7-7 3.58 8-8

TWINS AT BLUE JAYS, 7:05 Baker (R) Cecil (L)

7-7 4.72 7-10 7-5 4.19 9-5

INDIANS AT RAYS, 7:10 Westbrook (R) 5-4 4.59 7-10 Davis (R)

YANKEES AT MARINERS, 10:10 Pettitte (L)

ing shot in the seventh after making a long running catch in right-center field with a runner on second to end the sixth in- ning. Brandon Phillips hom- ered in the third and had an RBI double in the seventh.

Cincinnati AB R H BI BB SO AVG B.Phillips 2b 5122 0 0 .307 O.Cabrera ss 3000 0 1 .251 Votto 1b Rolen 3b Gomes lf Bruce rf

Heisey rf-lf Stubbs cf C.Miller c Arroyo p L.Nix ph

F.Cordero p Totals

New York

D.Wright 3b I.Davis 1b Bay lf

Thole c R.Tejada pr

Parnell p Carter ph Dessens p Totals

Cincinnati New York

3 0 0 0 1 2 .313 4 0 0 0 0 2 .296 4 0 1 0 0 0 .280 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 4121 0 0 .286 4110 0 1 .238 4000 0 1 .188 3 0 1 0 0 2 .216 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 35 3 7 3 1 9 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG

Jos.Reyes ss 4000 0 0 .277 Pagan cf

4121 0 1 .303 4 0 1 0 0 0 .316 4 0 1 0 0 0 .257 4 0 0 0 0 1 .271 3020 1 0 .538 0000 0 0 .221

J.Feliciano rf 4010 0 0 .288 Cora 2b Niese p

4 0 0 0 0 0 .230 2 0 1 0 0 1 .185 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 34 1 8 1 1 3 —

001 000 200 — 3 7 0 100 000 000 — 1 8 1

E: D.Wright (9). LOB: Cincinnati 7, New York 7. 2B: B.Phillips (24), I.Davis (15), Niese (2). HR: B.Phillips (12), off Niese; Heisey (5), off Niese; Pagan (6), off Ar- royo.

Cincinnati New York

Arroyo (W, 9-4) 8 7 1 1 0 3 4.04 F.Cordero (S, 24)

Niese (L, 6-3) 7C 6 3 318 3.61 Parnell Dessens

IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1 1 0 010 3.83 IP H R ER BB SO ERA B 1 0 001 2.00

1 0 0 0 0 0 1.59

Inherited runners-scored: Parnell 1-0. HBP: by Niese (O.Cabrera). T: 2:25. A: 30,029 (41,800).

WEST

KLMNO W L PCT GB L10 STR

San Diego 49 35 .583 — 5-5 L-2 xLos Angeles 46 37 .554 2A 7-3 W-1 xColorado 45 38 .542 3A 6-4 W-2 xSan Francisco 43 40 .518 5A 3-7 W-2 xArizona

EAST W L PCT GB L10 STR

32 52 .381 17 3-7 L-4 x-Late game

xNew York 52 31 .627 — 6-4 W-4 Tampa Bay 51 33 .607 1A 7-3 W-5 Boston 49 36 .576 4 5-5 L-4 Toronto 42 43 .494 11 2-8 W-1 Baltimore 25 59 .298 27A 3-7 L-3

Around the horn PERSONNEL DEPT.

Cubs: Placed RHP Brian Schlitter on the 15-day DL with a shoulder impingement. Padres: Closer Heath Bell will replace Brewers RHP Yovani Gallardo (left oblique strain) in the All-Star Game. Pirates: Aquired RH reliever Sean Gallagher from San Diego in exchange for cash. Rays: RH reliever Rafael Soriano will replace Yankees closer Mariano Rivera in the All-Star Game. Rivera pulled out because of nagging injuries. Rockies: Placed 1B Todd Helton on the 15-day DL with a stiff back. White Sox: RHP Jake Peavy has been put on the 15-day DL with a detached muscle in the back of his right shoulder and he could be done for the season.

SPECTATOR OKAY

A firefighter is still hospitalized but in good spirits after taking a 30-foot plunge while leaning to catch a foul ball Tuesday at a Rangers game. Tyler Morris, 25, is expected to be released soon from a Fort Worth hospital.

BRAVES 7, PHILLIES 5

Brian McCann hit a go- ahead three-run double during a six-run sixth inning, Kris Me- dlen pitched neatly into the seventh and Atlanta beat Philadelphia. Martin Prado had a pair of solo homers for the Braves. Atlanta

Prado 2b Infante rf C.Jones 3b Glaus 1b McCann c M.Diaz lf

G.Blanco cf 5-9 4.86 6-10 10-2 2.82 13-3 Vargas, J (L) 6-4 3.22 8-8 AL SCORES

at Tigers 4 Orioles

5 2

at Blue Jays 6 Twins

at Rays 6 Red Sox 4

Indians Late at Rangers Gm

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NL LEADERS Statistics through Tuesday’s games

BATTING Prado, Atl.......332 Ethier, LA .......322 Polanco, Phl ...318 Wright, NY ......317 Votto, Cin .......316

SLUGGIN GPCT. Votto, Cin .......595 Pujols, StL......570 Ethier, LA........569 Rolen, Cin ......568 Hart, Mil.........565

ON-BASE PCT. Votto, Cin .......419 Pujols, StL ......416 Willnghm,Was 411 Wright, NY......395 Fielder, Mil.....392

HITS Prado, Atl........118 Phillips, Cin ....105 Wright, NY........99 Howard, Phl......96 Loney, LA .........96 Braun, Mil ........96

HOME RUNS Votto, Cin..........21 Pujols, StL........20 Reynolds, Ari ....19 Hart, Mil ...........19 Fielder, Mil........18

RBI Wright, NY........64 Pujols, StL ........61 Hart, Mil ...........61 Howard, Phl .....60 Votto, Cin .........59

BASES ON BALLS Pujols, StL ........57 Fielder, Mil .......54 Willinghm,Was.54 Jones, Atl .........50 Votto, Cin .........49

RUNS Phillips, Cin ......64 Prado, Atl .........59 Kemp, LA..........57 Votto, Cin .........56 Uggla, Fla.........55 Coghlan, Fla.....54

AL LEADERS Statistics through Tuesday’s games

BATTING Cabrerah,Det.343 Morneau,Min 342 Hamilton, Tex.342 Cano, NY........337 Beltre, Bos.....335 Guerrero, Tex.330

SLUGGING PCT. Cabrera, Det ..647 Hamilton, Tex.621 Morneau,Min.620 Youkilis, Bos..584 Guerrero, Tex.569

ON-BASE PCT. Morneau,Min.436 Cabrera, Det..420 Youkilis, Bos ..415 Kinsler, Tex.....411 Markakis, Bal.398

HITS Suzuki, Sea.....111 Hamilton, Tex .110 Cano, NY.........110 Young, Tex......105 Beltre, Bos .....104

HOME RUNS Hamilton, Tex ...21 Bautista, Tor.....21 Cabrera, Det.....21 Konerko, Chi....20 Wells, Tor ..........19 Guerrero, Tex....19

RBI Cabrera, Det ....73 Guerrero, Tex ...72 Rodriguez, NY ..67 Hamilton, Tex...62 Hunter, LA........60 Longoria, TB.....60

BASES ON BALLS Barton, Oak .....53 Youkilis, Bos.....51 Morneau,Min...50 Bautista, Tor ....50 Markakis, Bal...49

RUNS Youkilis, Bos ....66 Crawford, TB ....64 Cabrera, Det ....63 Cano, NY..........59

Angels Late at White SoxGm

Yankees Late at Athletics Gm

Royals Late at Mariners Gm

AB R H BI BBSO AVG 5232 0 0 .336 5 1 2 0 0 1 .307 4110 0 0 .253 3 1 0 0 1 1 .257 4113 0 1 .266 4 1 1 2 0 0 .202 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327

Y.Escobar ss 4000 0 0 .237 Me.Cabrera cf-lf 4020 0 0 .257 Medlen p Venters p Saito p

Hinske ph Wagner p Totals

Philadelphia AB R H BI BB SO AVG Rollins ss

Howard 1b Werth rf Dobbs 3b

W.Valdez 2b Figueroa p Gload ph

Contreras p Sardinha c

3 0 0 0 0 2 .182 0000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278 0000 0 0 --- 37 7 10 7 1 6 —

Victorino cf 5111 0 2 .251 Ibanez lf

5021 0 0 .255 3100 2 1 .242

4122 0 1 .298 3 0 0 0 0 0 .279 4120 0 0 .196 3 1 1 0 0 0 .252 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1010 0 0 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 3000 0 2 .205

B.Francisco ph 1011 0 0 .256 Schneider c 0000 0 0 .254 Moyer p Baez p

Ju.Castro 2b 2000 0 0 .212 Totals

Atlanta Philadelphia 010 020 110 — 5 10 0

LOB: Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 7. 2B: C.Jones (16), McCann (15), Me.Cabrera 2 (12), Rollins 2 (8), W.Valdez (8). HR: Prado 2 (10), off Moyer 2; M.Diaz (1), off Moyer; Howard (16), off Medlen; Victorino (13), off Medlen.

Atlanta

Medlen (W, 6-1) 6C 7 4 425 3.19 Venters Saito

IP H R ER BB SO ERA C 0 0 000 1.36

C 3 1 100 3.66

Wagner (S, 19) 1 0 0 0 0 2 1.27 Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO ERA Moyer (L, 9-8) 5B 7 7 713 4.51 Baez

Figueroa Contreras

C 1 0 001 4.60 2 1 0 0 0 1 3.75 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.04

HBP: by Medlen (Werth). PB: Sardinha. T: 2:53. A: 44,282 (43,651).

2 0 0 0 0 1 .077 0000 0 0 ---

36 5 10 5 2 7 — 100 006 000 — 7 10 0

BLUE JAYS 6, TWINS 5

Vernon Wells drove in the go- ahead run with a seventh-in- ning double, Jose Bautista hit an inside-the-park homer, his major league-leading 22nd, and Toronto beat Minnesota. Wells snapped an 0-for-21 slump with a two-out double off Matt Guerrier, giving the Blue Jays just their second win in 10 games. Alex Gonzalez hit his 16th homer for Toronto, which leads the majors with 125.

Minnesota AB R H BI BB SO AVG Span cf

O.Hudson 2b Mauer c

Morneau 1b Repko rf

Cuddyer rf-1b Kubel dh

Delm.Young lf Valencia 3b Hardy ss Thome ph Totals

Toronto F.Lewis lf

4 2 2 0 0 0 .277 4 1 3 3 0 1 .277 4 1 1 0 0 2 .301 4 0 2 0 0 1 .345 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 3 0 0 0 1 2 .261 3 0 0 1 0 1 .261 4 1 1 1 0 0 .306 4 0 1 0 0 0 .327 3 0 1 0 0 0 .221 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 34 5 11 5 1 7 — AB R H BI BB SO AVG 4 1 1 0 0 0 .280

Ale.Gonzalez ss 3 1 1 2 0 2 .256 J.Bautista rf V.Wells cf Lind dh J.Buck c

Overbay 1b

2 2 2 2 2 0 .238 4 0 1 1 0 0 .272 4 0 1 0 0 1 .206 4 1 1 0 0 0 .269 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244

Encarnacion 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .213 J.McDonald 2b Totals

3 1 1 0 0 0 .222 32 6 10 6 2 5 —

Minnesota 000 211 100 — 5 11 1 Toronto

100 120 20x — 6 10 0

E: Delm.Young (4). LOB: Minnesota 4, To- ronto 5. 2B: V.Wells (25), J.Buck (14). 3B: O.Hudson (3), F.Lewis (4). HR: O.Hudson (4), off Rzepczynski; Delm.Young (10), off Rzepczynski; Ale.Gonzalez (16), off Slowey; J.Bautista (22), off Slowey.

Minnesota Slowey

IP H R ER BB SO ERA 6B 9 5 5 1 4 4.74

Guerrier (L, 1-5) B 1 1 1 1 0 3.03 Duensing Toronto

1B 0 0 0 0 1 1.69 IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Rzepczynski 5C 8 4 4 1 7 6.35 Camp

S.Downs (W, 3-5)

1 2 1 1 0 0 2.62 1B 1 0 0 0 0 2.65

Gregg (S, 19) 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.82

Inherited runners-scored: Guerrier 1-1, Duensing 1-0, Camp 2-0, S.Downs 1-0. T: 2:52. A: 14,886 (49,539).

DIFFERENCE OF OPINION

CENTRAL W L PCT GB L10 STR Detroit

THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2010 AMERICAN LEAGUE 46 37 .554 — 7-3 W-3

xChicago 44 38 .537 1A 6-4 W-3 Minnesota 45 39 .536 1A 4-6 L-1 xKansas City 38 46 .452 8A 7-3 W-2 xCleveland 33 50 .398 13 7-3 L-1

WEST W L PCT GB L10 STR xTexas

49 34 .590 — 5-5 W-1

xLos Angeles 46 40 .535 4A 5-5 L-2 xOakland 41 44 .482 9 6-4 L-2 xSeattle 34 49 .410 15 4-6 L-2

x-Late game

TIGERS 4, ORIOLES 2 Baltimore

Lugo 2b

AB R H BI BB SO AVG 4000 0 1 .256

M.Tejada 3b 3000 0 1 .277 Markakis rf

Wigginton 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Ad.Jones cf Wieters c Pie lf

J.Bell dh Fox ph

C.Izturis ss Totals Detroit

A.Jackson cf Damon dh Ordonez rf

C.Guillen 2b Inge 3b Laird c

Worth ss Totals

3 0 1 0 1 1 .308 4220 0 1 .275

3011 0 1 .243 4 0 1 0 0 0 .367 3 0 1 0 0 1 .214 1 0 0 0 0 1 .224 2010 1 0 .245 31 2 7 1 2 7 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4 1 1 0 1 1 .306 4010 0 0 .271 5001 0 0 .308

Mi.Cabrera 1b 3020 1 0 .347 Boesch lf

3110 1 0 .341 4 1 1 1 0 0 .291 3 0 2 1 1 1 .272 4 0 1 0 0 1 .189 4 1 2 1 0 0 .261 34 4 11 4 4 3 —

Baltimore 000 000 101 — 2 7 0 Detroit

101 020 00x — 4 11 1

E: A.Jackson (2). LOB: Baltimore 6, Detroit 11. 2B: Ad.Jones (11), A.Jackson (20), Da- mon (21), Boesch (17), Inge (22). 3B: Ad.Jones (4), Pie (1). HR: Worth (1), off Bergesen. RBI: Wieters (29), Ordonez (52), C.Guillen (26), Inge (39), Worth (7). S: Damon. SF: Wieters.

Baltimore

Bergesen (L, 3-6) Albers Detroit

Scherzer (W, 6-6)

CHRIS O’MEARA/ASSOCIATED PRESS

Red Sox shortstop Marco Scutaro screams at home plate umpire Todd Tichenor after being called out on strikes against David Price during the seventh inning.

QUOTABLE “Baseball’s crazy, even stupid

sometimes.” — Colorado’s Seth Smith, whose three-run homer

capped a nine-run ninth inning in the Rockies’ 12-9 win over St. Louis on Tuesday night

STAR OF THE DAY Adam Dunn, Nationals

Hit three home runs for the first time in his career as Washington beat San Diego.

RAYS 6, RED SOX 4

David Price pitched into the eighth inning to become the AL’s first 12-game winner, and Evan Longoria ended the long- est homerless drought of his career to help Tampa Bay com- plete a three-game sweep. Longoria’s solo shot in the

fourth inning was his first since June 15 against Atlanta. Boston

Scutaro ss

D.McDonald rf D.Ortiz dh Youkilis 1b A.Beltre 3b Hall 2b

E.Patterson ph-2b

Nava lf

Cameron cf Cash c

J.Drew ph Totals

Crawford lf Longoria 3b C.Pena 1b

B.Upton cf Brignac ss Shoppach c Totals

Boston

AB R H BI BB SO AVG 5 0 0 0 0 2 .277 5 1 3 1 0 2 .268 4 0 1 1 1 1 .263 5 0 0 0 0 1 .292 4 0 1 0 0 3 .334 3 0 0 0 0 0 .225 1 0 0 0 0 1 .218

4 1 1 0 0 1 .310 3 1 3 2 0 0 .274 2 0 1 0 1 0 .143 1 1 1 0 0 0 .279 37 4 11 4 2 11 —

Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO AVG Zobrist rf

2 2 0 0 2 1 .286 4 0 1 1 0 0 .318 3 2 1 1 1 0 .296 3 1 1 1 1 1 .201

S.Rodriguez 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .279 Joyce dh

3 0 0 0 1 1 .172 4 0 1 1 0 1 .225 4 0 0 0 0 0 .271 3 1 0 0 1 1 .216 30 6 5 5 6 5 —

000 001 102 — 4 11 2 Tampa Bay 000 231 00x — 6 5 0

E: A.Beltre (14), Hall (5). LOB: Boston 9, Tampa Bay 6. 2B: D.McDonald (9), D.Ortiz (20), A.Beltre (25). 3B: Nava (1). HR: Cam- eron (2), off Price; Longoria (13), off Wakefield.

Boston

Wakefield (L, 3-7)

Richardson R.Ramirez Papelbon Manuel

Tampa Bay Garza (S, 1)

IP H R ER BB SO ERA 5C 4 6 663 5.22

0 1 0 0 0 0 2.45 B 0 0 000 4.76 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.60 1 0 0 0 0 1 7.71 IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Price (W, 12-4) 7C 8 2 2 1 10 2.42 Balfour Choate

C 1 1 101 2.27 0 1 1 1 0 0 5.91 C 1 0 010 4.28

Choate pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. Richardson pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. Inherited runners-scored: Richardson 1-1, R.Ramirez 1-0, Balfour 1-0, Garza 1-1. IBB: off Wakefield (Longoria). WP: Wakefield 2, R.Ramirez. PB: Cash. T: 3:10. A: 24,356 (36,973).

TWINS 7, BLUE JAYS 6 Late Tuesday

Denard Span drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the eighth inning, and Minne- sota beat Toronto. Joe Mauer, Justin Morneau and Jason Kubel each hom- ered for the Twins, before Del- mon Young led off the eighth with a single off Jason Frasor. After Nick Punto sacrificed Young to second, Scott Downs came on to face Span.

Minnesota AB R H BI BBSO AVG Span cf

O.Hudson 2b Mauer c

Morneau 1b Kubel rf Hardy ss

Cuddyer 3b-rf Thome dh

Delm.Young lf Punto ss-3b Totals

Toronto

F.Lewis lf Wise cf

4 0 1 2 1 0 .274 4 0 0 0 1 0 .270 4 1 1 1 1 0 .302 4 2 1 1 1 1 .342 5 2 2 1 0 0 .264 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 4 1 1 0 1 0 .263 5 0 1 1 0 1 .263 3 1 3 1 1 0 .307 3 0 0 0 0 0 .249 36 7 10 7 6 2 — AB R H BI BB SO AVG 4 1 2 2 0 2 .281 4 1 1 2 0 0 .241

Ale.Gonzalez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .255 J.Bautista rf Lind dh J.Buck c

Overbay 1b

Encarnacion 3b 4 2 3 1 0 0 .212 J.McDonald pr N.Green 2b V.Wells ph Totals

Minnesota 020 003 110 — 7 10 0 Toronto

001 040 100 — 6 9 1

E: S.Downs (1). LOB: Minnesota 9, Toronto 3. 2B: Thome (11), Delm.Young (23), F.Lewis (22), Overbay (17), Encarnacion (6). HR: Morneau (18), off Litsch; Kubel (11), off Litsch; Mauer (4), off Tallet; Overbay (9), off Pavano; Wise (2), off Pa- vano; Encarnacion (10), off Pavano.

Minnesota Pavano

IP H R ER BB SO ERA 6B 8 6 6 0 2 3.58

Mijares (W, 1-0) C 0 0 0 0 1 2.55 Crain

Rauch (S, 19) 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.45 Toronto Litsch Tallet

1 0 0 0 0 1 4.05 IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Frasor (L, 3-2) S.Downs Gregg

5B 7 5 5 2 0 7.30 1C 1 1 1 3 0 5.88 B 1 1 1 0 0 5.01 C 1 0 0 1 1 2.75 1 0 0 0 0 1 3.94

Inherited runners-scored: Tallet 2-1, S.Downs 1-1. IBB: off Tallet (Delm.Young). T: 2:35. A: 15,072 (49,539).

4 0 0 0 0 1 .233 4 0 1 0 0 0 .206 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269 4 2 2 1 0 1 .244

0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 3 0 0 0 0 0 .154 1 0 0 0 0 1 .273 36 6 9 6 0 5 —

TODAY’S GAME TO WATCH

Reds at Phillies 7:05 p.m.

Johnny Cueto seeks his ninth win of the season as first-place Cincinnati heads to Philadelphia for the start of a four-game series.

RAYS 3, RED SOX 2 Late Tuesday

Jeff Niemann pitched six

strong innings, and Tampa Bay’s bullpen shut down Bos- ton for the second day in a row. Niemann limited the Red

Sox to four hits and an un- earned run. He walked three and struck out five to win for the first time since shutting out Toronto on June 8. Boston

Scutaro ss

E.Patterson cf D.Ortiz dh

Cameron pr Youkilis 1b

AB R H BI BB SO AVG 4 0 2 0 1 0 .282 5 0 1 1 0 3 .220 2 0 1 0 3 0 .263 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255 1 0 0 0 0 0 .297

N.Romero ph-1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Beltre 3b J.Drew rf Nava lf Hall 2b Cash c

4 0 0 0 0 1 .335 4 1 0 0 0 1 .276 4 0 2 1 0 2 .313 3 1 0 0 1 1 .230 2 0 0 0 1 1 .083

D.McDonald ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Totals

Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO AVG B.Upton cf Crawford lf Longoria 3b W.Aybar dh Joyce pr-dh Kapler rf C.Pena 1b

S.Rodriguez 2b Jaso c

Bartlett ss Totals

Boston

34 2 6 2 6 10 — 4 0 0 0 0 1 .224

4 1 1 1 0 1 .319 3 0 1 0 1 0 .296 3 0 1 0 1 1 .248 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 2 0 0 0 2 0 .220 3 0 1 0 1 1 .199 4 1 1 0 0 1 .280 3 1 1 1 0 0 .274 3 0 1 1 0 0 .226 29 3 7 3 5 5 —

000 100 001 —260 Tampa Bay 001 010 01x —371

E: Longoria (11). LOB: Boston 11, Tampa Bay 7. 2B: D.Ortiz (19), Longoria (26). 3B: E.Patterson (3), S.Rodriguez (1). HR: Crawford (8), off Okajima.

Boston

Doubront (L, 1-1)

Atchison Okajima Manuel

Tampa Bay

Niemann (W, 7-2) Wheeler Cormier Benoit

R.Soriano (S, 23)

IP H R ER BB SO ERA 5C 5 2 2 4 3 4.22

1B 0 0 0 0 1 4.88 C 2 1 1 1 0 6.00 B 0 0 0 0 1 13.5 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 6 4 1 0 3 5 2.65

B 1 0 0 0 1 3.12 C 0 0 0 1 1 4.41 1 0 0 0 0 2 0.70 1 1 1 1 2 1 1.65

Inherited runners-scored: Atchison 3-0, Manuel 2-0, Cormier 1-0. IBB: off R.Sor- iano (D.Ortiz), off Cormier (D.Ortiz), off Niemann (D.Ortiz). WP: Doubront. T: 3:22. A: 19,902 (36,973).

Weinhardt Coke (S, 1)

IP H R ER BB SO ERA 6 11 4 4 3 3 6.40

2 0 0 0 1 0 5.09 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7 6 1 1 2 6 4.61

1 1 1 1 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.60

Weinhardt pitched to 1 batter in the 9th. Bergesen pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Inherited runners-scored: Albers 2-0, Coke 1-1. IBB: off Albers (Inge). HBP: by Wein- hardt (M.Tejada). T: 2:22. A: 22,837 (41,255).

Orioles Leaders Stats entering Wednesday’s games

Batters Avg R H HRRBI BB SO Pie

.385 4 10 1 2 2 5

Markakis .308 37 96 5 30 49 49 Patterson .280 26 51 4 13 12 45 Tejada .280 33 92 6 33 11 30 Scott

.274 35 61 12 30 25 56

Jones .272 38 90 13 37 10 72 Lugo .263 18 40 0 11 11 30 Wigginton.253 31 71 14 44 31 49 Moore .246 5 16 2 8 4 15 Izturis .243 23 58 0 13 12 28 Wieters .242 22 64 6 28 27 57 Tatum .229 4 11 0 4 7 7

RANGERS 12, INDIANS 1 Late Tuesday

Josh Hamilton homered to

stretch his home hitting streak to 26 games, and C.J. Wilson pitched six strong innings to propel Texas. The game was delayed for 16 minutes in the fifth inning when a spectator fell about 30 feet from the second deck while attempting to catch a foul ball. Cleveland

Brantley cf J.Nix 2b

C.Santana c Kearns rf

Jh.Peralta 3b

AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4 0 1 0 0 0 .136 3 1 2 1 0 0 .230 3 0 0 0 1 0 .286 3 0 0 0 1 2 .266 4 0 0 0 0 0 .248

A.Hernandez 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Duncan dh A.Marte 1b Crowe lf Donald ss Totals Texas

Borbon cf J.Arias ss Kinsler 2b

Guerrero dh Hamilton lf

Dav.Murphy lf N.Cruz rf Smoak 1b Treanor c

A.Blanco 3b Totals

4 0 1 0 0 1 .266 4 0 1 0 0 2 .196 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 2 0 0 0 0 1 .276 31 1 5 1 2 7 — AB R H BI BB SO AVG 4 1 1 0 0 0 .281 5 1 2 4 0 0 .284 5 0 2 1 0 2 .306 4 2 2 2 0 1 .330 4 2 2 1 0 0 .342 1 1 1 1 0 0 .265 5 1 2 1 0 0 .308 3 1 2 0 2 0 .211 4 1 0 0 1 1 .227 5 2 3 2 0 0 .254 40 12 17 12 3 4 —

Cleveland 100 000 000 — 1 5 0 Texas

010 205 31x — 12 17 1

E: A.Blanco (3). LOB: Cleveland 7, Texas 9. 2B: J.Arias (4), A.Blanco (2). HR: J.Nix (5), off C.Wilson; Hamilton (21), off Mas- terson; Guerrero (19), off Ambriz; N.Cruz (11), off Ambriz; Dav.Murphy (3), off R.Perez.

Cleveland

Masterson (L, 3-8)

Ambriz R.Perez Texas

C.Wilson (W, 7-4)

D.Oliver

F.Francisco D.Mathis

IP H R ER BB SO ERA 5B 9 7 7 3 3 5.22

1C 6 4 4 0 1 6.08 1 2 1 1 0 0 4.45 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 6 2 1 1 2 4 3.24

1 1 0 0 0 1 1.41 1 2 0 0 0 1 3.79 1 0 0 0 0 1 6.98

Inherited runners-scored: Ambriz 1-1. IBB: off Masterson (Smoak). HBP: by Mas- terson (Guerrero, Borbon), by C.Wilson (J.Nix, Donald). PB: C.Santana. T: 2:49 (Rain delay: 0:16). A: 20,428 (49,170).

ROYALS 3, MARINERS 2 Late Tuesday

Zack Greinke allowed two hits over seven innings and continued his mastery of Seat- tle in Kansas City’s victory. Greinke is 4-0 with a 1.64 ERA in 10 career appearances against the Mariners. Last Aug. 30, he tossed a career-best one-hitter at Safeco Field, retir- ing the final 22 Mariners in a row. Wilson Betemit drove in all the runs for the Royals.

Kansas City AB R H BI BBSO AVG Podsednik lf 5010 0 0 .301 Kendall c DeJesus rf B.Butler 1b J.Guillen dh Betemit 3b Aviles 2b

Seattle

I.Suzuki rf Figgins 2b Branyan dh

4110 0 0 .267 3 1 1 0 1 0 .329 3 0 2 0 1 0 .324 3 0 0 0 0 0 .274 4 1 3 3 0 0 .386 4 0 1 0 0 0 .318

Bloomquist cf 4000 0 0 .231 Y.Betancourt ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Totals

34 3 10 3 2 0 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4 0 1 0 0 1 .326 3 0 0 1 0 1 .236 4 0 1 0 0 2 .266

Jo.Lopez 3b 4010 0 2 .245 F.Gutierrez cf 4000 0 0 .269 Kotchman 1b 3010 1 1 .209 Jo.Wilson pr

M.Saunders lf 3110 1 2 .216 J.Bard c

Langerhans ph 1000 0 1 .195 Ja.Wilson ss Totals

Kansas City 000 011 010 — 3 10 1 Seattle

31 2 6 2 2 11 — 001 000 010 — 2 6 0

E: Aviles (7). LOB: Kansas City 7, Seattle 6. 2B: Kendall (15), Aviles (9), Y.Betancourt (17), Branyan (10). HR: Betemit (4), off Rowland-Smith.

Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO ERA Greinke (W, 5-8) 7 2 1 0 2 9 3.71 Bl.Wood

Soria (S, 24) 1 1 0 0 0 2 2.41 Seattle

1 3 1 1 0 0 4.13 IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Rowland-Smith (L, 1-8) White Pauley

7 7 3 320 5.74 1 3 0 0 0 0 7.20

1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Rowland-Smith pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.

Inherited runners-scored: White 1-1. HBP: by Rowland-Smith (J.Guillen). T: 2:29. A: 17,555 (47,878).

0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 3 0 0 0 0 1 .219 2 1 1 1 0 0 .254

YANKEES 6, ATHLETICS 1 Late Tuesday

Alex Rodriguez hit his 21st grand slam and added a solo shot for his 597th home run, helping CC Sabathia win his seventh straight start in New York’s victory over Oakland. Rodriguez connected with the bases loaded in the third inning to tie Manny Ramirez for the second most slams, then went deep again in the sixth off Trevor Cahill to lead the Yankees to their fourth straight win. Rodriguez has 21 home runs at the Coliseum, the most by a visiting player. New York

Gardner lf Jeter ss

Teixeira 1b

A.Rodriguez 3b Cano 2b

Swisher dh Posada c

Granderson cf Curtis rf Totals

Oakland Crisp cf

Barton 1b

Pennington ss K.Suzuki c

Kouzmanoff 3b M.Ellis 2b Cust dh

AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4 0 1 0 0 2 .313 3 1 0 1 1 1 .278 3 1 0 0 0 1 .241 3 2 2 5 1 0 .276 4 0 0 0 0 0 .337 4 0 0 0 0 2 .292 3 0 1 0 1 0 .268 4 1 1 0 0 1 .228 3 1 0 0 1 0 .235 31 6 5 6 4 7 — AB R H BI BB SO AVG 2 1 1 0 2 0 .292 3 0 0 0 0 2 .281 1 0 0 0 0 1 .262 4 0 0 0 0 2 .248 4 0 1 1 0 3 .266 4 0 1 0 0 2 .284 4 0 0 0 0 1 .290

A.Rosales ss-1b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .271 Carson rf R.Davis lf Totals

New York Oakland

New York

Sabathia (W, 11-3)

005 001 000 —650 100 000 000 —170

LOB: New York 3, Oakland 6. 2B: Kouz- manoff (15). HR: A.Rodriguez 2 (14), off Cahill 2.

IP H R ER BB SO ERA 7C 7 1 1 3 10 3.19

D.Robertson 1B 0 0 0 0 2 5.65 Oakland

Inherited runners-scored: D.Robertson 1-0. HBP: by Cahill (Teixeira). WP: Sabathia. T: 2:44. A: 20,473 (35,067).

Cahill (L, 8-3) 6 4 6 6 1 4 3.17 Blevins T.Ross

IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1 1 0 0 0 1 4.03

2 0 0 0 3 2 5.49

3 0 1 0 0 1 .167 3 0 1 0 0 0 .257 31 1 7 1 3 12 —

WHITE SOX 4, ANGELS 1 Late Tuesday

Andruw Jones hit his 399th

career home run and Chicago beat Los Angeles despite los- ing starter Jake Peavy in the second inning because of an injury. Alex Rios added a solo ho- mer and drove in two runs for the White Sox, who are a major league-best 20-5 since June 9 and are a season-high six games over .500.

Los Angeles AB R H BI BBSO AVG E.Aybar ss

H.Kendrick 2b B.Abreu rf

Tor.Hunter cf H.Matsui dh Napoli 1b J.Rivera lf

Frandsen 3b

Chicago Pierre lf

Konerko 1b Kotsay dh

Pierzynski c An.Jones rf Viciedo 3b Vizquel 3b

Lillibridge 2b Totals

4 0 1 0 0 0 .282 3 0 1 0 1 1 .278 4 0 0 0 0 1 .252 4 1 3 0 0 0 .302 3 0 0 0 1 0 .254 3 0 2 1 1 1 .260 4 0 1 0 0 1 .239 3 0 0 0 0 0 .315

McAnulty ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 J.Mathis c Totals

3 0 1 0 0 1 .256 32 1 9 1 3 6 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4 1 3 1 0 1 .263

Al.Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .277 Rios cf

3 1 1 2 0 1 .299 4 0 0 0 0 0 .295 3 0 1 0 1 0 .230 3 0 0 0 1 1 .237 4 1 1 1 0 2 .192 3 1 1 0 0 0 .276 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242 3 0 1 0 0 2 .444 31 4 8 4 2 9 —

Los Angeles 000 100 000 —190 Chicago

100 001 20x —480

LOB: Los Angeles 7, Chicago 6. 2B: Pierre 2 (9), Kotsay (11), Lillibridge (3). HR: Rios (14), off Jer.Weaver; An.Jones (11), off Jer.Weaver.

Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO ERA Jer.Weaver (L, 8-4)

Jepsen

F.Rodriguez Chicago Peavy

Thornton

6B 7 4 416 2.97 C 1 0 002 4.82

1 0 0 0 1 1 3.79 IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1C 1 0 012 4.63

T.Pena (W, 2-1) 4B 5 1 120 4.97 Putz

Inherited runners-scored: Jepsen 2-1, T.Pe- na 1-0. T: 2:54. A: 21,889 (40,615).

1 0 0 0 0 2 1.69 1 2 0 0 0 1 2.78

Jenks (S, 18) 1 1 0 0 0 1 4.11

CUBS 6, D-BACKS 4 Late Tuesday

Aramis Ramirez homered twice, Carlos Silva earned his first victory in five starts and Chicago beat Arizona to clinch its first road series in 11

⁄2

months. Chicago

Fukudome rf Theriot 2b D.Lee 1b Colvin cf

AB R H BI BBSO AVG 5 1 1 1 0 3 .266 5 0 2 1 0 0 .277 5 1 2 0 0 1 .230 3 1 1 0 1 1 .272

Ar.Ramirez 3b 4 2 2 4 0 0 .184 A.Soriano lf S.Castro ss Soto c Silva p

Nady ph

Marshall p Marmol p Totals

Arizona C.Young cf

K.Johnson 2b J.Upton rf Montero c

M.Reynolds 3b Ad.LaRoche 1b S.Drew ss G.Parra lf T.Abreu ph Boyer p

Snyder ph Enright p Demel p

Norberto p Vasquez p Heilman p Ryal ph-lf Totals

3 0 0 0 1 2 .273 4 0 1 0 0 1 .271 4 1 2 0 0 1 .281 2 0 0 0 0 0 .071 0 0 0 0 1 0 .238 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 36 6 11 6 3 10 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 4 1 0 0 0 0 .265 4 1 2 2 0 0 .268 4 0 2 1 0 1 .260 4 0 1 0 0 2 .377 3 1 0 0 1 2 .217 4 0 1 0 0 2 .251 3 0 0 1 0 1 .265 2 0 0 0 0 0 .258 1 0 0 0 0 1 .239 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 1 1 0 0 1 .295 34 4 7 4 1 10 —

Chicago 000 003 120 — 6 11 1 Arizona

010 001 020 — 4 7 0

E: S.Castro (12). LOB: Chicago 6, Arizona 5. 2B: Theriot (8), D.Lee (13), Soto (13), Ad.LaRoche (19), Ryal (3). 3B: S.Castro (3). HR: Fukudome (8), off Enright; Ar.Ra- mirez (7), off Enright; Ar.Ramirez (8), off Heilman; K.Johnson (14), off Silva.

Chicago

Silva (W, 9-2) 6 4 2 2 1 3 2.96 Marshall

Marmol (S, 16) 1C 1 0 0 0 5 1.99 Arizona

Enright (L, 1-1) 5C 7 3 3 1 5 3.38 Demel

IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1B 2 2 1 0 2 2.18 IP H R ER BB SO ERA C 1 1 1 1 1 4.50

Norberto Vasquez Heilman Boyer

B 0 0 0 0 1 5.06 B 1 0 0 0 1 5.02 1 2 2 2 1 2 4.10 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.19

Inherited runners-scored: Marmol 2-1, Nor- berto 2-0, Vasquez 2-1. WP: Silva, Mar- mol, Demel 2. T: 2:43. A: 20,067 (48,633).

DODGERS 7, MARLINS 3 Late Tuesday

Matt Kemp hit his fourth ho- mer in six games, Rafael Furcal had three RBI, and Los Angeles beat Florida. Vicente Padilla, who missed

more than eight weeks be- cause of an inflamed nerve in his arm, is 2-1 with a 3.12 ERA in four outings since returning from the disabled list June 19. Florida

Coghlan lf

AB R H BI BB SO AVG 4000 0 1 .277

G.Sanchez 1b 4010 0 1 .305 H.Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .296 Cantu 3b Uggla 2b C.Ross cf

R.Paulino c Stanton rf Volstad p Sanabia p

Bonifacio ph Ti.Wood p Helms ph Totals

4010 0 1 .261 4110 0 1 .278 4 1 2 0 0 0 .292 4 0 1 0 0 1 .293 4 1 2 3 0 2 .222 1000 0 1 .125 0000 0 0 --- 1 0 1 0 0 0 .238 0000 0 0 --- 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 35 3 10 3 0 9 —

Los Angeles AB R H BI BB SO AVG Furcal ss Kemp cf Ethier rf Loney 1b Blake 3b Paul lf

5 1 2 3 0 1 .336 5122 0 1 .267 5 1 1 1 0 0 .322 3 0 0 0 1 1 .302 3111 1 1 .262 4000 0 3 .257

Schlichting p 0000 0 0 .000 Broxton p R.Martin c DeWitt 2b J.Carroll 2b Padilla p Sherrill p

Re.Johnson lf 0000 1 0 .291 Totals

Florida

31 7 8 7 6 8 — 000 000 201 — 3 10 0

Los Angeles 041 010 01x — 7 8 0

LOB: Florida 7, Los Angeles 8. HR: Stanton (3), off Padilla; Kemp (16), off Volstad; Blake (9), off Volstad; Ethier (14), off Sa- nabia.

Florida

Volstad (L, 4-8) 3 5 5 5 3 3 4.78 Sanabia Ti.Wood

IP H R ER BB SO ERA 3 2 1 1 0 4 4.32

2 1 1 1 3 1 4.73

Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO ERA Padilla (W, 3-2) 6C 6 2 209 4.72 Sherrill

Schlichting

B 1 0 000 6.86 1B 3 1 100 0.79

Broxton (S, 18) C 0 0 000 1.98

Volstad pitched to 1 batter in the 4th. Inherited runners-scored: Sanabia 1-0, Broxton 2-0. HBP: by Padilla (Coghlan). T: 3:11. A: 41,575 (56,000).

0 0 0 0 0 0 --- 3110 1 0 .246 2210 2 0 .274 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 1000 0 1 .000 0000 0 0 ---

ROCKIES 12, CARDINALS 9 Late Tuesday

Seth Smith’s three-run ho- mer with two outs in the ninth capped a nine-run rally as Colorado stunned St. Louis. St. Louis

F.Lopez 3b Rasmus cf Pujols 1b Holliday lf

Stavinoha rf Jay ph-rf D.Reyes p Franklin p Y.Molina c Greene ss

AB R H BI BB SO AVG 5 1 2 3 0 0 .275 5 1 1 0 0 1 .276 4 2 2 1 1 0 .308 4 1 1 3 1 1 .297 2 0 0 0 0 0 .268 2 0 1 0 0 0 .327 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 1 1 1 1 0 .230 4 1 1 0 0 1 .256

Hawksworth p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Winn rf Miles 2b Totals

Colorado Fowler cf

J.Herrera 2b Hawpe ph

C.Gonzalez lf Giambi 1b Cook pr Olivo c

S.Smith rf Stewart 3b Mora ph

Barmes ss Francis p

Iannetta ph-3b Totals

1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 3 2 2 1 0 0 .333 36 9 11 9 3 4 — AB R H BI BBSO AVG 5 2 1 0 1 1 .244 4 0 1 0 1 0 .304 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271 6 2 4 3 0 2 .303 5 0 3 1 1 0 .237 0 1 0 0 0 0 .214 6 2 3 0 0 1 .312 4 2 3 3 2 0 .291 3 0 1 0 1 1 .251 1 1 1 0 0 0 .250 4 1 1 0 1 0 .257 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Spilborghs ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .267 J.Chacin p

St. Louis 003 213 000 — 9 11 1 Colorado 002 000 109 — 12 19 1

Two outs when winning run scored. E: Winn (1), Stewart (8). LOB: St. Louis 5, Colorado 13. 2B: Pujols (19), Fowler (7), C.Gonzalez (10). HR: F.Lopez (5), off Fran- cis; Holliday (12), off J.Chacin; C.Gon- zalez (15), off Hawksworth; Iannetta (5), off Franklin; S.Smith (12), off Franklin.

St. Louis

Hawksworth 5 8 2 2 4 5 4.88 McClellan T.Miller Motte

IP H R ER BB SO ERA 1 1 0 0 1 0 2.37

D.Reyes

0 2 1 1 0 0 3.60 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.18 1B 2 3 3 2 1 3.70

Franklin (L, 3-1) B 6 6 6 0 0 3.74 Colorado Francis J.Chacin

T.Miller pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. Inherited runners-scored: Motte 2-1, Frank- lin 2-2. IBB: off Francis (Holliday). WP: Mc- Clellan, T.Miller. PB: Y.Molina. Balk: Hawksworth. T: 3:19. A: 32,922 (50,449).

IP H R ER BB SO ERA 4 6 5 5 2 1 5.12 3 5 4 4 1 3 3.93

Corpas (W, 3-5) 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.70

1 0 0 0 0 0 .045 2 1 1 4 0 0 .218 44 12 19 11 7 6 —

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